Fool’s Gold.Los Angeles-based afropop band
Fool’s Gold
The Cockpit, Leeds)
From Vampire Weekend to Foals, afrobeat has become a part of pop lately, but there’s nothing quite like this. Fool’s Gold aren’t – as one hapless punter had imagined – a Stone Roses tribute but a fearsome Los Angeles-based afropop band. Led by Lewis Pesacov – a man who plays guitar when he isn’t raising his arms in the air – and vocalist/guitarist Luke Top, the group grew up listening to western pop radio alongside soukous, high-life and desert music, and bring it all together in work that is uplifting and inspirational. At times, their approach to African music brings to mind that of the Pogues’ to traditional Irish folk: playing it faster, and with such demented enthusiasm that one of the drummers falls off his stool.
Full review at http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/04/fools-gold-review
2010
